Clarence Budington Kelland — American Writer born on December 30, 1881, died on December 30, 1964

Clarence Budington "Bud" Kelland was an American writer. He once described himself as "the best second-rate writer in America"... (wikipedia)

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.
I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.